Saddle height and fear

[Catrin]

This is about MY fear of a tall seat-post. When I first started looking into cycling, my instructor put me on a flat-foot bike that had a step-through frame. What I purchased, however, was a Trek 7.6 which is a flat-bar road bike/fitness bike (depending on who you are talking to). I followed advice at the time to just lower the seat a little until I became comfortable riding and then to re-raise it.

I had a fitting today, and the fitting specialist raised my seat 4 inches Ok, so I am long-legged and I know I have this mental thing about starting with my butt on the saddle...gotta get over that for my 50-year old knees sake...but I can't even touch my toes to the ground!

I LOVE my bike, she is great - and this is really the only problem I've had so far - how to deal with starting up properly without being seated. Is this a common problem?

Methinks that they did me no favors getting me started on a flat-foot frame